Meade Family

Generation One

1. Robert1 Meade was born at Co. Limerick, Ireland. He married Mary Stretch at Barbadoes. He died in Aug 1754 at Philadelphia, PA.
He resided at Philadelphia, PA. He was a merchant. He resided at Bahamas. He immigrated in 1742 to Philadelphia, PA. He left a will on 16 Jul 1754 at Philadelphia Co., PA; one codical 13 Aug 1754, proved 26 Aug 1754.
Known children of Robert1 Meade and Mary Stretch were as follows:

i. Garrett2 Meade was born prob 1737.

ii. Catherine Meade was born in 1740. She married Thomas Fitzsimons on 23 Nov 1761. She married Thomas Fitzsimons in 1763; no issue. She died on 20 Jan 1810.

2. George2 Meade (Robert1) was born on 27 Feb 1741 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Henrietta Constantia Worsam, daughter of Richard Worsam and Catherine, on 5 May 1768 at Philadelphia, PA. He died on 9 Nov 1808 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 67. He was buried at St. Mary's RC Church, Philadelphia, PA.
He resided at Barbadoes. He was a pvt. in the 3rd Philadelphia Battalion between 1775 and 1776.
Henrietta Constantia Worsam was born in 1748 at England. She died on 27 Aug 1822 at Edgebarton, England; near Birmingham. She was buried at Edgebarton, England.
Known children of George2 Meade and Henrietta Constantia Worsam were as follows:

i. ___3 Meade died; young.

ii. Catherine Mary Meade was born on 20 Feb 1769. She died on 17 Jan 1799 at London, England, at age 29; unmarried.

iii. Elizabeth Meade was born on 20 Jan 1770. She married Thomas Ketland Jr. in 1790. She died in 1837 at Leamington, England.

iv. Garrett Meade was born in 1771. He died in 1773.

v. Henrietta Constantia Meade was born on 15 Aug 1772. She was baptized on 27 Sep 1774 at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA. She married John Ketland on 22 Dec 1796. She died on 27 Jun 1801 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 28.

vi. George Stretch Meade was born on 26 Aug 1774. He died on 29 Aug 1774.

vii. Robert Meade was born on 20 Sep 1775. He died on 3 May 1796 at age 20. He was buried on 5 May 1796 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA.

ix. Charlotte Meade was born on 9 Sep 1781. She married William Hustler on 2 Oct 1801. She died on 25 Jan 1801 at age 19.
She and William Hustler had 1 child.

Generation Three

3. Richard Worsam3 Meade (George2, Robert1) was born on 23 Jun 1778 at Chester Co., PA. He married Margaret Coats Butler, daughter of Anthony Butler and Elizabeth Coats, on 8 Jan 1801 at Perth Amboy, NJ. He died on 25 Jun 1828 at Washington, DC, at age 50. He was buried at St. Mary's RC Churchyard, Philadelphia, PA.
He was a merchant at Santa Domingo. He was a merchant at Philadelphia, PA. He was U.S. Naval Agent between 1806 and 1816 at Cadiz, Spain.
Margaret Coats Butler was born on 20 Sep 1782 at Philadelphia, PA. She was baptized on 7 Nov 1787 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA. She died on 23 Nov 1852 at age 70.
Known children of Richard Worsam3 Meade and Margaret Coats Butler were as follows:

i. Henrietta Constantia4 Meade was born on 29 Oct 1801 at Philadelphia, PA. She married Commodore Alexander James Dallas, son of Alexander James Dallas and Arabella Maria Smith, on 8 Jan 1821; 1st wife, no living issue. She died on 22 Jul 1831 at Pensacola, FL, at age 29.

ii. Charlotte Hustler Meade was born on 9 Jul 1803 at Philadelphia, PA. She married Capt. James Duncan Graham in 1828. She died on 13 Jun 1843 at age 39.
She and Capt. James Duncan Graham had 3 children.

iii. Elizabeth Mary Meade was born on 14 Sep 1805 at Cadiz, Spain. She married Alfred Ingraham on 19 Jun 1827. She died on 12 Sep 1872 at New Orleans, LA, at age 66.
She and Alfred Ingraham resided at Kentucky. She and Alfred Ingraham resided at Claiborne Co., MS. She and Alfred Ingraham had 7 children.

iv. Captain Richard Worsam Meade II was born on 21 May 1807 at Cadiz, Spain. He married Clara Forsyth Meigs, daughter of Judge Henry Meigs and Julia Austin, on 5 Dec 1836 at New York, NY. He died on 16 Apr 1870 at Brooklyn, NY, at age 62.
He and Clara Forsyth Meigs had 4 children.

v. Margaret Gordon Meade was born on 22 Jun 1808 at Cadiz, Spain. She died on 10 Dec 1887 at Washington, DC, at age 79; unmarried.

vi. Maria del Carmen Meade was born on 12 Mar 1810 at Cadiz, Spain. She married Gen. Hartman Bache, son of Benjamin Franklin Bache and Margaret Hartman Markoe, on 1 Mar 1829. She died on 27 Mar 1877 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 67.
She and Gen. Hartman Bache had 3 children.

vii. Salvadora Meade was born on 27 Dec 1812 at Cadiz, Spain. She married John Thomas McLaughlin on 15 Sep 1840; 1st husband. She married Judge William Paterson on 7 Oct 1852; 2nd husband. She died on 10 Sep 1886 at Perth Amboy, NJ, at age 73.

ix. Robert Leamy Meade was born on 23 Nov 1817 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Elizabeth. He died on 16 Oct 1841 at Pensacola, FL, at age 23.

x. Mariamne Meade was born on 14 Sep 1822 at Philadelphia, PA. She married Captain Thomas B. Huger in Nov 1845. She died on 7 Dec 1857 at Charleston, SC, at age 35.
She and Captain Thomas B. Huger had 5 children.

xi. ___ Meade was born at Cadiz, Spain. She died; young.

Generation Four

4. Gen. George Gordon4 Meade (Richard3, George2, Robert1) was born on 31 Dec 1815 at Cadiz, Spain. He married Margaretta Sergeant, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant and Margaretta Watmough, on 31 Dec 1840 at St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, PA. He died on 6 Nov 1872 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 56. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
He was Major General, U.S. Army, commander of troops at Battle of Gettysburg.
Margaretta Sergeant was born on 26 Jun 1815. She died on 7 Jan 1886 at age 70.
Known children of Gen. George Gordon4 Meade and Margaretta Sergeant were as follows:

i. John Sergeant5 Meade was born in Nov 1840. He died on 21 Feb 1863 at age 22.

vi. Henrietta Meade was born on 3 Aug 1853 at Philadelphia, PA. She died on 20 Mar 1944 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 90; unmarried. She was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.

vii. William Meade was born on 13 Mar 1855. He died on 22 Mar 1891 at age 36; unmarried. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
He was a banker.

Generation Five

5. Col. George5 Meade (George4, Richard3, George2, Robert1) was born on 2 Nov 1843 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Elizabeth Morris Lewis on 10 Dec 1874. He died on 2 Feb 1897 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 53.
He and Elizabeth Morris Lewis had 10, of which 2 died young children.
Elizabeth Morris Lewis resided at Philadelphia, PA. She resided in 1921 at Ambler, PA.
Known children of Col. George5 Meade and Elizabeth Morris Lewis were as follows:

i. Margaretta Sergeant6 Meade died in 1879.

ii. Saunders L. Meade married Isobel B. Dolan.
He was graduated in 1913 at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. He resided in 1921 at Ambler, PA. He and Isobel B. Dolan resided in 1937 at Berwyn, PA.

7. Sarah Wise5 Meade (George4, Richard3, George2, Robert1) was born on 26 Sep 1851 at Philadelphia, PA. She married John Baldwin Large, son of Robert Hartshorne Large and Mary Large, on 10 Apr 1872. She died on 24 Jan 1913 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 61. She was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
John Baldwin Large was born on 7 Mar 1846 at Philadelphia, PA. He died on 1 Nov 1892 at Philadelphia, PA, at age 46. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA. He resided at Philadelphia, PA. He left a will on 16 Feb 1886 at Philadelphia, PA; proved 12 Dec 1892, will book 164 pg 195.

Generation Six

8. George Gordon6 Meade (George5, George4, Richard3, George2, Robert1) was born circa 1877 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Gwladys Williams. He died on 22 Sep 1947 at Ambler, PA.
He and Gwladys Williams resided at 'Sunny Bank', Ambler, PA.
Known children of George Gordon6 Meade and Gwladys Williams include:

9. Florence6 Meade (Spencer5, George4, Richard3, George2, Robert1) was born on 16 Apr 1884. She married James Murray Kay. She died on 21 Oct 1951 at age 67. She was buried after 21 Oct 1951 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
James Murray Kay was born on 11 Aug 1886. He died on 26 Apr 1972 at age 85. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.

12. Margaretta Sergeant6Large (Sarah5Meade, George4, Richard3, George2, Robert1) married Joseph Harrison, son of Theodore Leland Harrison and Sarah Brooks Stovell, on 23 Apr 1898 at St. James Church, Philadelphia, PA. She died on 28 Apr 1960 at Haverford, .